Mr. Speaker, yesterday, to our great astonishment, the Minister of Finance stated that the health transfers to the provinces had been increased. The minister's statement is surprising because we know that all of the figures indicate the opposite.
How can the minister be so cynical and make such comments, when we know that the current levels of health transfers are below what they were in 1994-95?
Given the circumstances, how can the minister say that there has been an increase?